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7November-December 1967
$0.12

Plastic Man #7

DC · November-December 1967 · on sale September 21, 1967

First appearance: Gordon K. TruebloodOrigin: Plastic Man
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Identification plate

Series
Plastic Man (DC, 1966 series)
Issue
#7
Publication date
November-December 1967
Key date
November 1967
On-sale date
September 21, 1967
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Gordon K. Trueblood - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Origin story on record for: Plastic Man.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Plastic Man's Fantastic Old Man!cover1pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Mike Esposito; letters: Ira SchnappEel O'Brian, Plastic Man
1Plastic Man's Fantastic Old Man!comic story21.5script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappEel O'Brian, O'Brien, Jr., Plastic Man, Plastic Man Origin, Gordon K. Trueblood First, Woozy Winks
2-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffLittle Pete
3-activity0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
4-in-house column1script: E. Nelson Bridwell; pencils: Sal Trapani, Carmine Infantino; inks: Sal Trapani, George Roussos
5-letters page1script: Murray Boltinoff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer

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Series context

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